SOUTH CHINA'S GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION was recently praised by the Ministry of Environmental Protection for managing to keep pollution at satisfactory levels during the past three years. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

Guangxi's success is indeed praiseworthy, especially as six cities in North China's Hebei province, Central China's Henan province and East China's Shandong province have just been named and shamed for failing to curb air pollution.

The autonomous region, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, has been open to technological innovations such as using drones and satellites to locate pollution, while urging local police to hold polluters accountable as fast as possible.